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The Real Michael Swann
Dutton. Jun. 2018. 352p. ISBN 9781524742324. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781524742331. THRILLER
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On a Friday in August, a brushfire is deliberately set along New Jersey railroad tracks, causing Amtrak to stop service in the Northeast Corridor, resulting in a huge backup of passengers at New York's Penn Station. Then a bomb explodes in the station and is responsible for thousands of casualties. Julia Swann fears that her husband, Michael, who was waiting for a train to their suburban Pennsylvania home, is among them. She leaves her two sons with a friend to search for Michael at the same time that a man with a head injury and memory loss who's carrying Michael's briefcase is stumbling to get to her. Intermittent flashbacks detail the couple's meeting and the highs and lows of their marriage.
VERDICT Reardon (Finding Jake) delivers another page-turner with frighteningly plausible scenarios, an occasionally wrenching narrative, and a final message that is particularly relevant for our times. A solid bet for best seller lists. [See Prepub Alert, 12/11/17.]
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